U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said Wednesday that his 14 staff members in Washington, D.C., and Reno have not enrolled in a health care exchange

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U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said Wednesday that his 14 staff members in Washington, D.C., and Reno have not enrolled in a health care exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act and will remain on the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.

Amodei said he made a "command decision" to keep his staff on federal employee insurance because the Washington-based health care exchange had little information on health care policies when his staff was forced to register during a 60-hour window that started on Oct. 31.

"I know it would have been politically expedient for me to throw all of my ...